A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Jarm in Afghanistan on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 251.03 km (156 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000gdyq. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000gdyq. Exact location of event, longitude 70.6826 East, latitude 36.6656 North, depth = 251.03 km. The temblor was detected at 20:22:54 / 8:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 15:52:54 / August 20, 2018 @ 3:52 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rustāq, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham. Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km SSW of Jarm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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